As noted in "Swim Rant" I was DQ'd in the 100 M BR yesterday,after swimming a really great race for me(unfairly I believe.)I was talking to Laura Val who was DQ'd in the 200 BK after a WR time(unfairly she thought).She thought we should have a thread to ventilate,commiserate,etc.Has it happened to you?How did you cope?
I felt like leaving the pool and not competing any more,for about 5 minutes,then I felt really sad for about an hour. Then I woke up at 2:30 in the morning and had a terrible time going back to sleep.Finally I decided to focus my emotions on my next swim.Fortunately for me that worked and I swam a 50 M BR that I was really happy with.If I had swum a lousy 50 I suspect I'd still be in a funk.
So what about you?
By the way,we don't need to limit this to DQs,any meet disappointments that you want to vent about are fair game as far as I'm concerned.
I can only remember 2 DQ's in my life. One came while I was about 12. I remember being really upset and my coach not caring at all. I was not happy that night. The 2nd one came about 6+ years ago at a masters meet. I did a clearly illegal turn in the 100 IM. In my defense, my coach had taught me this "faster" turn the night before. He just didn't tell me that it wasn't legal in the 100 IM but was okay in the 200 IM. So my DQ was perfectly fine and I accepted it once I was told. I laughed about it.
That was also the meet where, as the meet was happening, they measured the pool and found out it was too short thanks to the Rec Dept putting in nice new tiles. This meet is where the USMS rule of measuring comes from. So...the 100 IM where I got DQd wouldn't have counted anyway.
I can only remember 2 DQ's in my life. One came while I was about 12. I remember being really upset and my coach not caring at all. I was not happy that night. The 2nd one came about 6+ years ago at a masters meet. I did a clearly illegal turn in the 100 IM. In my defense, my coach had taught me this "faster" turn the night before. He just didn't tell me that it wasn't legal in the 100 IM but was okay in the 200 IM. So my DQ was perfectly fine and I accepted it once I was told. I laughed about it.
That was also the meet where, as the meet was happening, they measured the pool and found out it was too short thanks to the Rec Dept putting in nice new tiles. This meet is where the USMS rule of measuring comes from. So...the 100 IM where I got DQd wouldn't have counted anyway.
